Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S4O-04209
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 March 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the provision of PE in schools.
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Question reference: S4W-24893
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 25 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reviewing the guidelines regarding noise pollution from onshore wind developments.
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Question reference: S4W-24895
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 25 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to monitor the long-term implication of noise pollution from wind turbines.
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Question reference: S4W-24894
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 25 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the report on turbine noise that was compiled by Professor Ursula Walsh on behalf of the Northern Ireland Assembly's Committee for the Environment as part of its wind energy inquiry.
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Question reference: S4W-24783
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 20 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many times stocks of O negative blood dropped below six days in the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S4W-24782
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 20 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many days' stock of blood there are, broken down by type.
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Question reference: S4O-04175
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when the rules on eligibility of blood donors were last reviewed.
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Question reference: S4O-04126
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to expand the range of foreign language courses available in schools.
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Question reference: S4W-24484
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that biomass energy plants do not inflate the price of timber for other sectors, in light of its Electricity Generation Policy Statement - 2013.
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Question reference: S4W-24481
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24165 by John Swinney on 5 February 2015, how many hard copies of the Scottish Government's white paper have been ordered in each month since September 2014.
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